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Cicoria ‘Asparago’
‘Asparagus Chicory’
Preparation info
- Difficulty
Easy
Appears in
Published 1986
The Apulian winter vegetable par excellence, cultivated for its asparagus-type shoots: it has the same outer dandelion-like leaves, but the heart within contains a fistful of these shoots.
Method
Preparation
When young, it is cut at the base of the shoots, well washed and served raw with bulbous fennel, at the end of a meal. Or, to cook it, tear off the outer leaves, break off the swollen shoots, wash them and throw them into a